The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20

''sSNtneTn turner 4 ilLllG lA1lt. bNI TOOK II.
They went back through narrow passage
way 70 the kitchen. and. sure enough, there
was the skin, head and paws OF the puppy
still on the chOpping block. Sothern dis
T appeared He didn't come back. but went
home mad. Poor fellow. 1t. was a long
time before he forgaye it.
There was a laugh. Then some one said;
Tell Us the sequel. Billy
/ Florence smiled. You want the sequel,
/ DO youT he said.
/ YES - in chorus
"Well. was always a friend of Sothern's
/ when he wasn't deyiling me with some bob
/ berry or other. and couple Of years after
/ ward | fell into Memphis along with Ray
mund We had big niger cook at the
hotel, with one Of the toughest faces [ ever
saw on a human being. If I'd met him
Oh dark night anywhere and could have
seen him, I'd a run for my life Itook care
OF him. however, with a dime or two. and
he put himself ont for me III the cooking
line. He got me up dish one day that
was mighty good, and it was my first taste
of coon. | was talking with him about it
afterward In the kitchen, and an idea struck
me. | told him to get one and stew
it for Raymond, who was little under the
weather and was dining in his room Now
coons foot, when its boiled with the
skin Off looks more like a little baby's foot
than anything else in the world. The
darby caught my idea, and he took a lot of
the little bones and slowed them into a
cred up and half sticking out in a careless
kind of way. He got ii all ready for
John TO look at after he had eaten the
stew, and then carried up his dinner /
gave him time to finish and when | went
in / could see that he had eaten all there
was in sight.
Il g.rumbled a little Blast the hotel
caid 7. nj CrerQ 70 ont in :
said l.
''' Eat said John: why, I've just had the
finest game stew | ever ate
Game said !. there's no game this
time Of the year. What was itr
" 'Blest if | know, said he, and rings the
bell.
II told him he ought to be mighty careful
what he ate there, as there were a good
many queer stories going round about the
cook, and just as | had put the wedge III the
cook appeared.
What was that stewf said Raymond
Young antelope, sab.
" Nonsense, said l. There's not an ante
lope within 800 miles of here
THE cook looked confused, and | ordered
him to bring up the bones He brought em
up, and we poked among 'em. John found
foot and looked up in terror. He was
afraid TO touch it.
. 1t is said l.
&" 1t can't be- said he Holy
And he went. The very idea was too
much for him. He dropped on it before he
came back, but Sothern was evenn
Then somebody recalled the time when
Raymond was playing Col. Sellers at the
Grand Opera House and some of the lambs
put up a job on him to pay back certain
debts in the joking line that he was always
mourning Steele Mackaye, Walden Pell
ScryInser, Mara, AN artist, Jack Miley and
some Others made up their minds to 20 on in
the last act in the court scene of the "Gilded
Age The first ordered fine supper for
Raymond, as it was the last night of the
engagement. Then they arrayed themselves
in dress suits, went over to the theatre and
having previously fixed matters with the
stage manager, filed into the jury box, I'M
known to Raymond, before the curtain rose.
He entered soon after, sat down To business
of talking with Laura Hawkins and hap
| pened to cast his eye on the jury box.
His jaw fell, his eyebrows lifted, and he
| shook his fist and went through a panto-
mime of the most bloodthirsty threats. 1t
was a tough crowd, however, and they did
not weaken an inch. No sooner had the
trial begun than Mara jumped to his feet,
| eXclaiming:
Il no speaka Inglis You gotta enter
pref ="
''Sit down." cried the Judge
II can no hear. l wanta enterpret, -
| screamed Mara
Miley choked him off, and he subsidized
With some difficulty the cue was found, but
no sooner had the scene commenced than
| Miley rose:
Yer Arn'r," said he,
What
Hes not tarlUin Oirish. Av he don't
tark Oirish how'll | understand the wi
| dencef'
Raymond was pale with anger Every
thing was in confusion Scrymser tried to
speak, the Judge was hammering with his
gavel and the audience were simply petrified.
They could not make head or tail of the
matter. The actors, outside of Raymond,
| however, were in tears of laughter. The
trial ended and the jury went out Mackaye
was foreman. When they filed back a few
minutes later, the Judge said
Gentlemen, have you agreed upon YER
dict!n
I'VE have" said Mackaye solemnly. eve
find the defendant guilty"
You mean not guilty, roared Raymond.
"We mean guilty" roared the jury.
Raymond made frantic signs into the
wings. Ring down, ring down." he com
manded in a hoarse whisper. Then he
grabbed a bottle ON the table, rose, and
threw up his arms crying:
Gentlemen, | appeal to you. For the
sake of the eye water say not guilty.
And the curtain fell ON the maddest Ray
mond that anybody ever knew. He would
not see the jo6ers or the point of the joke
and the supper passed off without its only
guest.